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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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